Track Listing

1. Stormwind
2. Scream of Anger
3. Open Your Heart
4. Treated Bad Again
5. Aphasia
6. Wings of Tomorrow
7. Wasted Time
8. Lyin' Eyes
9. Dreamer
10. Dance the Night Away

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #97660 in Music
• Released on: 2009-03-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .19 pounds

Album Description
CD reissue of this 1984 sophomore album from the Swedish melodic Hard Rockers, released two years before they finally hit paydirt with their worldwide smash 'The Final Countdown'. 10 tracks.

Customer Reviews

one of the best
I was 12 years old when I hear the song Open Your Heart and I loved it. I rember buying the tape at J&R Records store. I have to say this one of t here best cds thaat they put out and it brings the kid in playing now after so many years. When I got the cd I did not wait I play it right away and do I love it I have to say I play it for few hours.

Ride, ride, ride the Wings of Tomorrow
Man, I really love the first two Europe albums. OK, I love all of Europe's albums, but Wings of Tomorrow and the 1983 self-titled debut hold a special place in my heart. Like most people, I discovered Europe when "The Final Countdown" hit the airwaves, but it was the budget-priced cassettes of the band's first albums that I played to the breaking point.

Far from the super-polished melodic rock sound of The Final Countdown and Out of This World, Europe's 1984 album Wings of Tomorrow sounds more like a regionally displaced NWOBHM band than anything else. Songs like "Stormwind", "Scream of Anger", the killer instrumental "Aphasia", and of course the epic, stomping title track straight-up metal tracks that wouldn't have been out of place on a Diamond Head album. The rest of the album is made up of more standard love song fare, but they're still fairly hard rocking songs. The ballad "Open Your Heart" could have been a big hit if anyone outside of Sweden had heard it. In fact, the band re-recorded it for their 1988 album Out of This World.

Overall this is a very solid album, and is probably Europe's best release (until the tragically overlooked Prisoners in Paradise at any rate). I'm sure there are some casual fans who will be content with The Final Countdown or one of the band's many greatest hits compilations, but Wings of Tomorrow is a must-have for all serious Europe fans, as well as being one of the decade's more underrated metal albums.

Edition Notes: Wounded Bird reissued Wings of Tomorrow (along with Europe) in 2009. Unlike most Wounded Bird reissues, the Europe albums actually have been remastered, and sound noticeably better than the original issues. It's not as impressive the average EMI remaster (their reissues of Saxon, MSG and Scorpions sound amazing), but I replaced my older version of and am quite pleased with the improved sound quality.